VERTEBRAL BONES

Question 1

CERVICAL
1. body
2. spinous process
3. vertebral foramen
4. transverse processes
5. sup and inf articulating processes
6. movements allowed

Answer 1

1. small and wide laterally
2. short, bifid and posteriorly
3. triangular
4. c foramina
5. sup facets: superoposteriorly; inf facets: inferoanteriorly
6. flex, ext, last flex, rotation

Question 2

THORACIC
1. body
2. spinous process
3. vertebral foramen
4. transverse processes
5. sup and inf articulating processes
6. movements allowed

Answer 2

1. large heart shaped c two costal facets
2. long, sharp and inferiorly
3. circular
4. bear facets for ribs (except t11-12)
5. sup facets: post; inf facets: inf facets: ant
6. rotation, lat flex (mostly on lower thoracic), flex ext

Question 3

LUMBAR
1. body
2. spinous process
3. vertebral foramen
4. transverse processes
5. sup and inf articulating processes
6. movements allowed

Answer 3

1. massive, kidney shaped
2. short, blunt and posteriorly
3. triangular
4. thin and tapered
5. sup facets: posteromedially; inf facets: anterolaterally
6. flex ext, lat flex, rotation

Question 4

how many vertebral bones are there?

Answer 4

7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
5 saccrum
4 coccyx

Question 5

atlas movement

Answer 5

yes movement

Question 6

axis movement

Answer 6

no movement